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Future Reviewers Program

A six-month cohort that prepares strong seniors to review work and lead people before the next role arrives.

Theory + practical training + case studies + activities + simulations + software

Level
Seniors
Subject
U.S. Tax
Format
6-month engagement

Month by month

  1. Month 1

    Readiness baseline

    • Skill assessment across 1040, 1065, and 1120
    • What separates a reviewer from a preparer
    • Development goals with each manager

    Practice: Agree a readiness scorecard with your manager.

  2. Month 2

    Learning to review

    • Risk-based review sequence
    • Seeing the return as a whole
    • Common error patterns

    Practice: Review seeded files, then compare your notes with the trainer's.

  3. Month 3

    Feedback that develops people

    • Writing review notes that teach
    • Feedback conversations
    • Coaching a junior preparer

    Practice: Coach a junior through a real or sample review cycle.

  4. Month 4

    Owning a client

    • Managing client communication
    • Planning a client's return cycle
    • Raising issues early

    Practice: Take ownership of a client file with manager oversight.

  5. Month 5

    Leading a small team

    • Delegation and ownership
    • Planning capacity
    • Influencing across teams

    Practice: Lead a small team through a defined deliverable.

  6. Month 6

    Readiness review

    • Reassessment against the baseline
    • Peer learning review
    • Next-role development plan

    Practice: Present your results and development plan to firm leadership.

More than theory

We don't just teach the rules. This program includes practical training, case studies, activities, simulations, and hands-on software training.

Software covered

Hands-on sessions run in the platforms your team uses. See all software

Tax preparation

Professional software for individual, business, trust, and estate returns.

  • CCH Axcess Tax
  • CCH ProSystem fx Tax
  • GoSystem Tax RS
  • ONESOURCE Income Tax
  • UltraTax CS
  • Lacerte
  • ProConnect Tax
  • ProSeries
  • Drake Tax
  • ATX
  • TaxWise
  • TaxAct Professional
  • TaxSlayer Pro
  • CrossLink

Workflow and document management

Source document intake, workpapers, and tracking a return through review.

  • SurePrep
  • GruntWorx
  • CCH Axcess Document
  • CCH Axcess Workstream
  • Caseware Working Papers
  • Workpapers CS
  • FileCabinet CS
  • Practice CS
  • XCM
  • Karbon
  • Canopy
  • TaxDome

Tax research

Finding, reading, and documenting authority for a tax position.

  • Checkpoint
  • CCH AnswerConnect
  • Bloomberg Tax
  • Tax Notes
  • Blue J

Your trainers

Portrait of Vijay Narayandas

Vijay Narayandas

Two decades training tax teams and building US tax practices

Vijay Narayandas has spent over two decades training tax teams and building US tax practices that deliver. He has hired hundreds of professionals, interviewed thousands, and coached them into reviewers and leaders.

Portrait of Sarita Rochwani

Sarita Rochwani

Chartered Accountant, US CPA, PCC-certified leadership coach

Sarita Rochwani trains and coaches finance and tax teams to perform at a higher level. A Chartered Accountant, US CPA, and PCC-certified leadership coach, she has spent years developing professionals from staff to partner level.

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